- Date
- July 31, 2008, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Owatonna, MN
- Injuries
- 8 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N818MVRaytheon Corporate Jets BAE 125-800A
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 2011
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- Investigation class
- Class 1
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Parties
- FAA AAI-100, East Coast Jets Inc., Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, Honeywell Aerospace
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 20080731841749A
- Case key
- 68571
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Probable cause
The captain’s decision to attempt a go-around late in the landing roll with insufficient runway remaining. Contributing to the accident were (1) the pilots’ poor crew coordination and lack of cockpit discipline; (2) fatigue, which likely impaired both pilots’ performance; and (3) the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration to require crew resource management training and standard operating procedures for Part 135 operators.
Findings · 9
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The Safety Board’s full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/A_Acc1.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-11/01.
On July 31, 2008, about 0945 central daylight time, East Coast Jets flight 81, a Hawker Beechcraft Corporation 125-800A airplane, N818MV, crashed while attempting to go around after landing on runway 30 at Owatonna Degner Regional Airport, Owatonna, Minnesota. The two pilots and six passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The nonscheduled, domestic passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. An instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed and activated; however, it was canceled before the landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
The Safety Board’s full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/A_Acc1.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-11/01.
On July 31, 2008, about 0945 central daylight time, East Coast Jets flight 81, a Hawker Beechcraft Corporation 125-800A airplane, N818MV, crashed while attempting to go around after landing on runway 30 at Owatonna Degner Regional Airport, Owatonna, Minnesota. The two pilots and six passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The nonscheduled, domestic passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. An instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed and activated; however, it was canceled before the landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N818MV
- Reported as
- Raytheon Corporate Jets BAE 125-800A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 258186
- Airframe hours
- 6,567
- Engines
- Garrett TFE731-5R-1H, 4,300 lbs thrust, turbo fanGarrett TFE731-5R-1H, 4,300 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- East Coast Jets Inc.,
- Registered owner
- MVA Aircraft Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 1, 2007
- Departed
- ACY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Destination
- OWA · Owatonna, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OWA · Owatonna Degner Regional, runway 30, 5,500 × 100 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,596 total · 1,186 in this make and model · 2,760 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.85 inHg
- Observed at
- OWA
Docket · 76
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 4, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 107 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N818MV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.